It’s definitely a threat. We’ll do you like you did our cousin. Sleep with one eye open, human.
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2024
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I've always want to make some crow friends
Apparently the trick is when you see some drop food near them, and the more they see you do it the more they associate you with good things.
That's true with people too
Haha it is.
Yeah if you find some and give food, you should try to go every day at around the same time, if possible. They are good at learning routines and will remember you pretty quickly.
I made friends with some park crows like this. They are pretty comfortable with me now but still can't hand feed them or anything like that
They always fly away when I toss it 😢
Don't toss, drop. Put it on the ground and back away.
You should hang out at a crowbar.
🎵🎶🎼 i wanna take you to a crow bar crow bar crow bar 🎶🎼🎵
Fucking crows are too smart. They have trained me to leave them sunflower seeds in return for alerting me anytime someone approaches my house. Fuckers.
I would love to give them sunflower seeds.
My cousin had a tame crow who he had fixed a broken wing on and it just moved into the barn and never left. He would stand in the driveway and bellow HELLO at anyone who pulled in, and then demand you feed him some muskmelon. Eventually he got cataracts and the local veterinary university program offered to remove them, he lived like twenty years. Funny bird.
Cute story, not that's not how crows behave. They immediately distrust any random human who interacts with one of their dead in any way, and they share their knowledge of who they dislike with their offspring for generations.
They also wouldn't think to bring a flower in particular but would instead bring something of significance to them, such as a shiny object, a nice rock, or some other random small thing.
Haha maybe it was a threat.
"We remember how you mocked Old Joe's body with flowers."
I've been feeding my local crows roasted peanuts for a couple of years now. They've never given me shit as a present, ungrateful little bastards. One time I thought they left me a little cluster of seeds and berries as a present and I was happy, but then I realized one of them just puked that up so he could eat the peanuts.
Hahaha. Danm that's a clever crow.
That crow's name? Albert Einstein 🤯
Albird Einstein
Other people: Awww, the crows are wholesome.
Me: It's a death threat. They saw you put the flowers next to the deceased, so they imply the same will happen to you.
That crow didn't die of natural causes, it was a murder
HA, Murder of crows. I love a good Dad joke.
I WILL someday befriend a corvid. You CANNOT stop me.
I tried to befriend 3 crows that are always in my yard. This past winter, I put a packet of large nuts out for the 3 that are always there. The next day there was a crow staring in my bedroom window at me. So I put more out. Later that afternoon, a mob of crows were in my yard. My driveway and car was covered in poop.
Task failed successfully?
did they bring flowers too?
It took me longer than I'd like to admit to realize it was not a cow.
I read 'cow' three times before figuring it out.
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